The Management Myth

Great swarm Vas. I now know what to say during my MBA admission essay & interview.

Doublespeak is not a frivolous game about humorous euphemisms, such as 'sanitation engineer- for one who collects garbage, or 'sanitarians- (who 'deroach- buildings) for pest exterminators, or 'automotive technicians- for car mechanics, or 'field service technicians- for repair people. Rather, doublespeak in all too many cases is an insidious practice whereby the powerful abuse language to deceive and manipulate for the purpose of controlling public behavior-the public as consumer, as voter, as student-by depriving us of our right to make informed choices. Before teachers of English at any level are permitted to 'practice- in the classroom, we should subscribe to a linguistic equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath, an Orwellian Oath perhaps, whereby we commit to (1) use language clearly and responsibly ourselves; (2)combat doublespeak wherever we find it; and (3)seek effective pedagogical ways of making students sensitive to language and aware of linguistic vulnerability in all forms.

Now get back to work or you're all fired.

Before teachers of English at any level are permitted to 'practice- in the classroom, we should subscribe to a linguistic equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath, an Orwellian Oath perhaps, whereby we commit to (1) use language clearly and responsibly ourselves; (2)combat doublespeak wherever we find it; and (3)seek effective pedagogical ways of making students sensitive to language and aware of linguistic vulnerability in all forms.

Wow. meeping Wow. Any English above spelling and grammar is all about rhetoric, and thats what you want to ban. you basically want to take all of the power (and fun) out of words.

I'd like to think you weren't intentionally that stupid

management exists to be hated.

DeJeR: 'Great swarm Vas. I now know what to say during my NAMBLA admission essay & interview.'

FIXDWIN

^^ It turns out that freedom of speech is an excellent vehicle to predict other's social value.

'It was a way of harnessing the workers' sense of identity and well-being to the goals of the organization, an effort to get each worker to participate in an ever more refined form of her own enslavement.'

yes.

Wow. meeping Wow. Any English above spelling and grammar is all about rhetoric, and thats what you want to ban. you basically want to take all of the power (and fun) out of words.

No. Get out your meep-to-english dictionary and carefully read #3 again.

It turns out that freedom of speech is an excellent vehicle to predict other's social value.

You couldn't predict my social value if it bit you in the meep.

Note the ^^. That wasn't a ^. I was referring to mofo. Not that you're not a great example as well.

I was referring to mofo. Not that you're not a great example as well.

From the person that gave up on arguing and just started name calling

Mofo would totally beat the meep out of meep Parker in unarmed hand to hand combat.

Mofo would totally beat the meep out of meep Parker in unarmed hand to hand combat.

I'm sure he'd be ready to tell how I did it all wrong too.